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1 Kings 11:42

1 Kings 11:42 is verse 42 of 1 Kings chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

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King James Version

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

World English Bible

The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

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1 Kings 11:40–43 · Berean Standard Bible

40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

41 As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?

42 Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

43 And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 2:11

The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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